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Redwood National Park's 100th Anniversary

Victor Bjelajac, district supervisor for northwestern California state parks, offered a historical lesson about protecting park lands from a 1948 California parks manual.

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After his welcoming remarks, Steve Mietz, Redwoods National Park superintendent, spent a lot of time greeting visitors at the event and posing for photos.

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Candace Tinkler, Redwood National Park employee, monitored the "guess the number of rings in this redwood slab" contest at one of the many information and entertainment booths.

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A Save the Redwoods League "redwood" rocked out to the music by Saritah.

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A Save the Redwoods League "redwood" met up with tree-hugger Redwoods National Park employee Brad Maggetti.

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One of the most popular booths was the mask-making table; later, children with the masks participated in a parade.

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Saritah (Sarah Louise Newman, an Australian-based singer-songwriter) and her group offered one of the live-music sets at the event.

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Masks and salmon cut-outs awaited the children's parade behind the Save the Redwoods League booth.

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Children assisted the bird puppeteers from Save the Redwoods League as they circled the event grounds.

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Sunny Jengeleski, of Fortuna, assisted her young son, James, as he played with one of the interactive informational exhibits.

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Marty O'Reilly and members of the Old Soul Orchestra unplugged from the stage and gathered attendees in a large crowd around them on the asphalt as they ended with an acoustic set.

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During a break from the speeches and music performances on the distant stage, Marty O'Reilly and members of the Old Soul Orchestra gathered attendees in a large crowd around them on the asphalt as they ended with an acoustic set.

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Event organizers broke out four cakes to help attendees celebrate the 50th anniversary of Redwoods National Park and 100 years of redwoods conservation.

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Masked children and adults joined in with a brown bear among salmon placards floating among two "rivers" (the long blue ribbons) in a parade around the event grounds in late afternoon.